Top pick: #8 (NOTELL) - Filly by "Quiet American" has the best form of those who have started and has faced tougher fields than this since coming back from a 10 month layoff in June. Latest saw her finished third here at this condition and distance and 4-year-old is the horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Thunder Princess) - Daughter of "Thunder Gulch" has been bet in all four of her starts and races second off a Gary Contessa claim. Tries the grass for the first time after a wide and even effort last out facing $20K "open" maidens in a "switched" contest. Bred to handle the turf, draws the inside post and moves back in with fellow state-breds. Win candidate.
3rd pick: #7 (Nabu Baby) - Home-bred filly raced evenly at Saratoga in late July facing $25K "open" foes in her first back off an eight month break and a trainer change to Bill Phipps. Barn adds blinkers this afternoon and this 3-year-old by the grass loving "Woodman" can factor at a big price.